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US 4,440,436 AGranted
Convertible top for motorcycles and snowmobiles
OwnerMarian S. Giddens, Michael B. Arnoldinventors
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Abstract
A canopy for motorcycles, snowmobiles and the bike which is convertible and mountable on a variety of such vehicles.
Claims7
Apparatus providing a convertible canopy for single-seat vehicles comprising:
- a pannier of substantially U-shaped cross-section curved to fit about the seat of a said vehicle and having apertures in the inner walls of the terminal ends thereof;
- a plurality of rigid U-shaped frame members each sized to fit within said pannier, the first of said rigid U-shaped frame members having an aperture in each of its respective ends;
- first attachment means attached to the respective ends of a second of said rigid U-shaped frame members for attaching said second frame member to said first frame member such that said second frame member may slide along said first frame member and pivot with respect thereto;
- second attachment means attached to the respective ends of a third of said rigid U-shaped frame members for attaching said third frame member to said second frame member such that said third frame member may slide along said second frame member and pivot with respect thereto;
- means insertable through the apertures in said pannier and in said first rigid U-shaped frame member for pivotably mounting said first frame member with respect to said pannier and for rigidly mounting said pannier with respect to said vehicle;
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- canopy means for covering said plurality of rigid U-shaped frame members.
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A bolt-on apparatus for providing a convertible canopy to a vehicle having a windshield and seat means comprising:
- first, second and third U-shaped tubular frame members, the first and second thereof having mounted thereon at points equidistant from their respective ends first and second stop screw means and first and second spring-loaded ball clips, the second and third thereof having mounted at their respective ends a fitting including a pivotally mounted slide means for sliding along a said frame member over a said ball clip and against a said stop screw means, said ball clips and stop screw being positioned to locate said second and third frame members in an open position extending over the rider position on said vehicle;
- brace means attachable to the ends of said frame members for bracing said frame members in open position;
- container means shaped to hold said frame members is an unfolded position and to fit about said seat means and having mounting apertures therein;
- a lid means pivotally mounted to said container means;
- canopy means attached to said container means and shaped to extend over said frame means in the open position for covering a rider;
- means for attaching said canopy to the windshield of said vehicle and to said lid means so as to hold said lid means in an open position;
- a first extension bolt having an extension for mounting said container means to said vehicle;
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- a second extension bolt threadably attachable to the extension of said first extension bolt for pivotally mounting said first frame member within said container means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.